The telecast was live from New York and was sponsored by Remington typewriters, with promotional consideration for American Airlines for guest transportation.
Mystery Guest Harry Belafonte had appeared earlier that same evening on ''General Electric Theater,'' also on CBS, in his first dramatic role.
Miss Lila Elson, John Daly's secretary at the ''What's My Line?'' show, was a contestant.
Contestant Kirpal Singh, a civilian marine engineer employed by the U.S. Navy, signed in in Erdu language characters as a joke.
After two weeks of disuse, the wooden brackets that had once held the Mystery Guest's nameplate on the front of the moderator desk were gone.